Definitions for: Inject


[v] give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
[v] to introduce (a new aspect or element); "He injected new life into the performance"
[v] to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks."
[v] feed intravenously
[v] take by injection; "inject heroin"
[v] force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*ject", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Injecting.] [L. injectus, p. p. of inicere, injicere, to
throw in; pref. in- in + jacere to throw: cf. F. injecter.
See Jet a shooting forth.]
1. To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold
water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into
a cavity of the body; to inject morphine with a hypodermic
syringe.

2. Fig.: To throw; to offer; to propose; to instill.

C[ae]sar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the
same scrupulous demurs. --Milton.

3. To cast or throw; -- with on. [R.]

And mound inject on mound. --Pope.



4. (Anat.) To fill (a vessel, cavity, or tissue) with a fluid
or other substance; as, to inject the blood vessels.

Synonyms: come in, interject, interpose, put in, shoot, shoot, throw in

See Also: add, administer, break up, cut off, dispense, disrupt, do drugs, drug, enclose, feed, give, immunise, immunize, inclose, inoculate, insert, interrupt, introduce, mainline, pop, put in, skin pop, stick in, vaccinate

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